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It’s a heck of a way to run a pre-election campaign. On the eve of an expected election, politicians usually spend their time playing up good news, downplaying the bad, shaking hands and kissing babies.

MARSEILLE, France - Top-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada was knocked out of the Open 13 in his first match on Thursday after a shock 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) second-round loss to Simone Bolelli, who recorded the biggest win of his career.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Second-seeded Milos Raonic was made to work for a 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5 victory over qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov and a place in the second round of the World Tennis Tournament on Tuesday.

It is South Africa’s turn to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games after Edmonton officially withdrew its bid less than three weeks before the March 2 submission deadline. The city dropped out for the most sensible of reasons — the funding guarantee from the province of Alberta, its economy battered by the slumping world price of oil, simply was not going to be there, Mayor Don Iveson said.